[kenny_r]

FYI: HN has a recent feature where there's a link labeled "web" under the article link, which brings you to a web search.

Clicking the first result will bypass the paywall.

[snarfy]

It doesn't work on mobile. Please stop linking to WSJ.

[NicoJuicy]

Exactly the same thoughts as me https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12683017

[danso]

In other threads (as of yesterday), people claimed that this wasn't working for them. Still works for me, though.

[amyjess]

Sometimes it works for me, sometimes it doesn't.

WSJ should not be classified as having an easily-bypassable paywall.

[kuschku]

Not anymore, that was true once, but doesn't work for me anymore (Germany).

[Matt3o12_]

Paywalls only have to allow you visit their site 3 times a day for free if you come from google [0]. It might not work because you have visited more then 3 articles already today. Deleting your cookies or entering the private mode of your browser should do the trick, though.

[0]

[kuschku]

I haven’t visited their site at all in the entire past week.

[danso]

Just VPNed into a German ISP and it worked for me. Are you using a plugin that blocks the referrer?

[yitchelle]

Works for me. Also from Germany here.

[muterad_murilax]

Incognito mode does the trick.

[QuantumRoar]

How does that even work?

[oneeyedpigeon]

It's a by-product of the broken paywall model. Sites want to protect their content, but they still want traffic to their site. Checking that the referrer is a search engine is a weird middle-way workaround.

[dexterdog]

Just use a referer switcher like Referer Control on Chrome.

[toyg]

Most paywalls check the request referral and let it through when it comes from the big search engines. This ensures they will remain listed and hence relevant.

[pfortuny]

Sorry, where is that? Cannot see at all and the link in the title sends me to the paywall.

Thanks.

[toyg]

You have to go to the comments page for a link, and then you'll see it just below the main link.

[pfortuny]

Thanks, I had never seen it.